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Segre proved that a smooth cubic surface over Q is unirational iff it has a rational point. We prove that the result also holds for cubic hypersurfaces over any field, including finite fields.
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Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry, Varieties over finite and local fields, cubic hypersurface, unirational, Rational points, 14G05 14G15 (Primary) 11G25 11D25 (Secondary), Rational and unirational varieties, rational points
Mathematics - Algebraic Geometry, Varieties over finite and local fields, cubic hypersurface, unirational, Rational points, 14G05 14G15 (Primary) 11G25 11D25 (Secondary), Rational and unirational varieties, rational points
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